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2012-2013 Little Cat Diaries

13/17 Looks at the cats who stood out in the experiment conducted in The Secret Life of the Cat.

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  • Meet the cat experts

    Cat experts Dr John Bradshaw, Dr Sarah Ellis and Prof Alan Wilson

    Dr John Bradshaw has written over 100 research papers and book chapters on the behaviour and welfare of domestic cats and dogs, and their relationships with people.

  • GPS and cat cam technology

    Cats with camera/tracking collars

    Our GPS units can decipher the positions of the cats to within tens of centimetres, while lightweight cat cams record their every move.

  • Why do cats purr?

    Cat at feeding bowl

    Adult cats that live in the wild rarely purr at all, so why do our domestic moggies purr so much? Helped by her own cat Pepo and some human volunteers, Dr Karen McComb led research to find out.

  • The cat owner’s story

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    Our cats’ behaviour surprised the experts.They were expecting a lot more tension between six cats in one household.

  • Can you solve our tricky triangle puzzle?

    Try our tricky pen puzzle

    How can you arrange 6 rods to make 4 equilateral triangles, where each side of each triangle is the full length of a rod?

    The answer was hidden in the Horizon episode The Creative Brain: How Insight Works.

  • Can three minutes of exercise a week help make you fit?

    Michael Mosley exercising

    "When I first read studies which suggested that I could make significant and measurable changes to my fitness by doing just three minutes of exercise a week, I was incredulous."

  • Video quiz: Is seeing believing?

    Spiral

    See if your senses are fooled by some of the cleverest optical illusions ever created, and find out how they work. As well as being fun, they’re also helping scientists learn more about how we interpret the world around us.

  • Watch over 200 Horizon clips

    Horizon screengrabs from past episodes

    Horizon has covered some of the most important scientific issues of recent decades, and this extensive back catalogue has over 200 short clips from as far back as the late Sixties.

  • Information and Support

    Have you or someone you know been affected by issues raised in Horizon?

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